Mr. John Ward, Long Time Democrat, Has Passed Away
Mr. John Ward, a long time Democratic, passed away this afternoon, 2/1/08. Mr. Ward was the proud father of 4 children including Dan Ward, Amherst Town Board Council member, Dennis Ward, Chairman of the Amherst Democratic Party and two daughters Martha and Maureen.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Full details on the wake and Mass will be on this site as soon as possible.
Jeanne Vinal Says:February 2nd, 2008 at 8:49 am
John Ward will be missed by many because he was always a bright, friendly person who was interested in everything and everyone. He was a kind and loving person. He grew up in Little Valley and was the principal of Grover Cleveland. Even as recently as last fall, a neighbor told me that she had worked as a teacher at Grover when Mr. Ward was principal and told me how much she admired him in that role. He was a wonderful, devoted husband to his beloved Rita and appeared to all to miss her ever so deeply when she died not so long ago. He was a proud father to his children and they took care of him so lovingly these past few years. He was the perfect neighbor. He snow blowed the snow for my in-laws who lived next door even up to the last couple of years. I will never forget him literally diving in an egg toss on Fairchild and coming up with very skinned knees, and the egg, at the annual Faichild block party, just as I will never forget his wife’s perfect, delicious cream puffs at the same event. They don’t make many like Mr. Ward and I was lucky to have known him.